Tatiana Tarasova: “Malinin took figure skating into a new, completely different world. What I saw truly stunned me. I can’t say it inspired me… I thought: how and what do we teach children now?”
Tatiana Tarasova: Malinin has taken figure skating into a completely different world.
original source: Okko / Sports
Tatiana Tarasova said Ilia Malinin’s Grand Prix Final performance in Nagoya has transformed figure skating, setting new world records and leaving professionals in awe. Here’s a translation.
Tatiana Tarasova, stated that she was stunned by the performance of American figure skater Ilia Malinin at the Grand Prix Final in Nagoya.
Malinin became the first skater in history to land seven quadruple jumps and a backflip in a free skate. He scored 146.07 points for technique, with a total score of 238.24 points—both new world records.
“This guy has amazed us for a long time. And we continue to live in awe of him. Today, he took figure skating into a new, completely different world. I didn’t breathe for half the program, only started in the second half. What I saw truly stunned me.
I can’t say it inspired me… I thought: how do we take children and what do we teach them now? That’s the next question we professionals have to answer,” Tarasova said on Okko.
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“what do we teach them now” Proper skating skills for starters? Malinin is not a figure skater. He’s an ice jumper. Yuma Kahiyama is by far superior in every skating skill aspect. And Malinin can only dream of the artistry of the likes of Jason Brown. It is such a shame that the ISU has ruined this once beautiful sport for the sake of jumps. Disgusting.
“Malinin became the first skater in history to land seven quadruple jumps and a backflip in a free skate.” – love that sentence ! Truly made history with that skate, amazing skater